ampaints, I'm late to the party over here, but I just wanted to say that you are doing a truly amazing, loving, and generous thing by making an adoption plan for your embryos. There are so many complicated emotions that go into embryo adoption, particularly with a known recipient. I'm glad that you have come to a decision that you feel at peace with. Sending love your way!
It's been a good day. I got to have coffee with a friend this morning sans kids. Then we had another friend over tonight who has a set of twins the same age as mine. We had 4 3-year-olds and a 1-year-old running around the house. It's funny to look back though and realize how far we've come- we can actually sort of have some adult conversation now when they come over unlike back in the baby days when we were trying to talk while juggling 4 babies, lol!
I also made a really awesome eggplant dip that was delicious with flatbread. Looking forward to eating leftovers of that for lunch this week. Yum!
Well, she's forced our hand. Sleep training is now happening. Screaming for 13 minutes so far, with no signs of slowing down.
Sleep training is miserable but so worth it. I think Abigail screamed for about 45 minutes the first night. It took about a week and now she's an awesome sleeper. Stay strong! You can do this!
Her sleep has been pretty shitty this past month, waking up several times a night. But then last night was even worse, and tonight at 11 she woke up and I spent an hour and a half nursing her to sleep, putting her down, she cries, rinse repeat. Over and over and over. Breaking point reached.
29 minutes of crying now, not that anyone's counting.
Post by skinandbones on Sept 5, 2016 5:57:05 GMT -5
DS2's sleep seems to have steadily gotten worse. We started night weaning him last night. DH looked like shit. It seems someone had a midnight party in protest.
To the tub poppers...I'm looking at you ampaints...Addie was the ultimate tub pooper. I am now in habit of immediately washing hair and body in less than 2 mins. Just in case of poop. As soon as she started I pulled her out and placed on toilet. Let's be honest 90% of the time she pooped in tub. But she was already clean and out of tub by the time the poop hit the water.
Those were some quick baths for awhile because she pooped every.single.time within 5 mins of being in water.
carabassa, sleep training sucks. We are doing it too. Have been for a month. A MONTH. He has going to sleep down. It's the middle of the night we suck at. Kid now wakes up 3-5 times just to say suck it basically. He is refusing to wean and refusing to sleep the more we do it. I'm gonna give it a strong shot this week. If it doesn't work I'm throwing in the towel and will have to get use to never sleeping again. Ever.
@janetheconquerer carabassa good luck with sleep training. M had to be sleep trained for middle of the night wake ups as well. I did it when H was out of town as well @janetheconquerer. It was just easier for me to not have someone second guessing what I was doing.
Also @janetheconquerer, I keep telling myself this isn't going to last. Technically it's been a very small percent off the time that he's pooped in the tub. Let me live in my dream a bit longer.
Me: 39 DH: 39 DS1 born Sept 1999 Married Nov 2010 TTC 2010 2011 BFP ended in ectopic RE Aug 2014. Unexplained infertility Sept 2014-Dec 2014 fermera/IUI/TI BFN's
August 16, 2015 baby Boy M is born and our hearts melt!
carabassa GL with the sleep training. It does suck but will be worth it. Trust your mommy gut.
@janetheconquerer the MOTN weaning has been an up and down roller coaster for us. We continue to give a diluted, small (3-4 oz) when he does wake up, but he has slept through the past 4 nights (shhhh let's not talk about it too loudly) . So there will be a light at the end of the tunnel. Keep trying. And like you've said before, sleep is for the weak! Lol!
Me: 39 DH: 39 DS1 born Sept 1999 Married Nov 2010 TTC 2010 2011 BFP ended in ectopic RE Aug 2014. Unexplained infertility Sept 2014-Dec 2014 fermera/IUI/TI BFN's
August 16, 2015 baby Boy M is born and our hearts melt!
I had a terrible dream last night about a volcano erupting in our downtown and trying to flee amidst a huge sea of people. I blame a random comment from a thread on Parenting for that one, lol. Such a weird dream and it was hard to get back to sleep afterwards.
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